This update is primarily aimed at addressing performance issues, but also includes a variety of smaller feature updates. Please let us know if you encounter issues! Please note: this update is not our monthly major update, that will be coming at the start of July. We'll have a blog post about what's coming in the update, soon!

Gameplay

• Improved the visualisation of slopes and height changes - height differences should be easier to "read" now.
• Optimised many aspects of the track loading procedure to improve load times.
• Optimised mesh-generation in-game to improve performance.
• Optimised how the people dodge cars, to improve performance.
• Added more details to the Formula car's textures to bring it in line with the other cars.
• Multiple physics tweaks to all cars to improve handling feeling.
• Improved how cars behave when tyres lose contact with the road surface.
• Adjusted gravity :)
• Added a slipstreaming effect.
• Pitcrews will now attempt to avoid vehicles!
• Improved the AI logic relating to pitstops (in multiple ways - more improvements coming).
• Slightly randomised the AI skill when adding a new AI driver.
• Small updates to Beachville track to improve driveability.
• 200% render scale no longer available, due to an underlying Unity engine issue.
• FIXED: Ghost car no longer remains visible after a race restart.
• FIXED: Reversing is no longer broken when coasting backwards.
• FIXED: A crowd of people can no longer throw a car into the air.
• FIXED: AI should no longer ignore the first AI node at the start of a race.

Audio

• Silenced engine sounds when the game is paused.
• Silenced engine sounds when loading/restarting a track.

User Interface

• FIXED: Damage and tyre wear bars can no longer exceed the maximum value.
• FIXED: Pressing "refresh" in the Workshop list, no longer resets your tag selection.

Track Editor

• FIXED: Objects no longer float when importing a height map from file.
• FIXED: The colour map on exported land maps no longer references "Oil".
• FIXED: StreetCircuit type tracks can now be saved and uploaded correctly.

• Experience a wide variety of fun and interesting tracks created by us, by the GeneRally 2 community - or make the perfect track for you in our track editor. With 60+ objects (and more being added all the time); 12 different surface types (from dirt and gravel, to snow and ice); and a feature-packed terrain-editing tool - the only limit is your imagination! Upload your creations to Steam Workshop and share them with the world. You can even import tracks from GeneRally 1 directly into the game!
  
  
• Race against the clock (and the ghost car) in time-trial; against the AI; or with friends in couch PvP (online multiplayer coming during Early Access). There's no need for split screen - the whole track is visible at once - so grab your friends and family, and get racing! Compete in single races, or see who's victorious over multiple races in championship mode. Up to 8 players can play together on the same computer.
  
  
• Customise your car and stand out from the crowd - adjust the colours and paint scheme for you and every car in the race.
  
  
• Detailed car physics take account of many different real-world parameters like drive-train type (FWD/RWD/AWD), suspension travel/rebound, weight distribution and more! The cars are easy-to-learn but hard-to-master, based on a realistic physics simulation.
  
  
• Plan your pitstops and manage your fuel, tyre wear and damage over the course of the race - or turn all of those off and enjoy unlimited ability to run your friends off the road!
  
  
• With a variety of different cars (5 at launch, more coming later), each with their own unique performance and handling characteristics, there's never a dull moment.
  
  
• Tweak the AI opponents for closer racing - choose between multiple driving style "profiles" and adjust their skill level to battle for victory.

• OS: Ubuntu 20.04 / Ubuntu 18.04 / CentOS 7 or similar
• Processor: 64-bit processor with support for SSE2
• Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 900 series or later (or equivalent)
• Storage: 250 MB available space